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UNITED STATES PATENT` OFFICE.

JAMES C. BROWN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

TRANSOM.

SPCIPCATIN forming. part of Letters Patent; No. 363,984, dated May 31, 18'8'7.

Application filed July 2, 186. Serial No. 206,993. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES C. BROWN, a citizen'of the United States, residing in the city and county ofV Sau Francisco, and State of California, have invented a.new and useful Transom, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in transoms; and it consists in a certain device for rendering the same burglar-proof at the same time that it increases the facilities for ornamental finish and superior architectural design and ventilation. It will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings and the letters referring thereto.

Figure 1 is a plan View of a transom with a portion broken awayto illustrate the pivots.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation showing a door with. my improvement attached, having the pivots' necting-eye on one of the edges midway the ends. Fig. 5 is a plan View of'a slat which is pivoted centrally and has the lever and` connecting-eye attached to the pivot. Fig. 6 is an end View ofthe Slat-frame similar to thatshown in Fig. et. Fig. 7 is an end View of the same as shown in Fig. 3. Fig. Sis a broken plan View of the same as shown in Figs. 4. and 5. Fig. 9 is a front elevation of a transom with the slats pivoted centrally. Fig. 10 isatransverse section of the frame on the line w of Fig. 1.

The following'is the construction of my inlprovedtransoni: I generally for'mthe transom I'raine in halves, A B," (shown in Figs. 1 and 10,) of any suitable light casting; but, when required, they may be stamped out of malleable sheet metal, with lthe journal-bearings for the slats formed so that as the sides or halves of the frame are brought'together upon the journals of the slats they a'r'e allowed to turn freely in the same.

The object of cast-ing or otherwise forming F and G in Fig. 8 represent the two partsf of the frame Shown in Figs. .4 and 5. Y

S and S represent the'screwholes and pivot-bearings in the transom-frame, and S2 represents screws which engage the openings S and secure the two halves A B together.

Whenarranged to form a transom, the slats 'described form an arrangement similar in appearance to the Venetian blind. The glass ofthe slats are formed of glass all of one color or any combination and arrangementof colors, to suit the taste or requirement.

I form the slats all of thin sheet metal when no light is required to be admitted through the transom.

The frame of the transom being firmly attached, and the slats being too close together to admit of egress, lit will be seen that it is rendered practically'burglar-proof.

The frame A B is Screwed fast against the 'transom-opening, or it may be attached to a separate transom-frame.

Having thus described my invention, what` vJAMES C'. RROWN.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. REDSTONE7 L. E. REDSTONE. 

